Manokwari weather in December

In December, Manokwari sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 321 mm of rain across 28.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Manokwari's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manokwari's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 321 mm; 28.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:58 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Manokwari is capital of West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Density: 7,075/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Manokwari reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26
31	27	26

Manokwari weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 25°	304	26.9	12	3.8
Feb	27° / 25°	264	24.6	12	3.8
Mar	27° / 25°	312	28	12	3.7
Apr	27° / 26°	367	27.1	12	3.6
May	28° / 26°	220	26.2	12	4.0
Jun	27° / 26°	208	25.8	12	4.0
Jul	27° / 25°	184	24.2	12	4.3
Aug	27° / 25°	163	23.1	12	4.5
Sep	27° / 25°	147	23	12	4.4
Oct	28° / 26°	169	24	12	4.3
Nov	28° / 26°	253	25.6	12	3.9
Dec	27° / 26°	321	28.8	12	3.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Cloudier (%)	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Manokwari gets around 321 mm of rain over 28.8 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 92% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	91
3	91
4	92
5	92
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	92
24	92
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	87

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	88	89	89	90
Miserable (%)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of December to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:52	5:55
2	12.0	5:52	5:55
3	12.0	5:53	5:56
4	12.0	5:53	5:56
5	12.0	5:54	5:56
6	12.0	5:54	5:57
7	12.0	5:54	5:57
8	12.0	5:55	5:58
9	12.0	5:55	5:58
10	12.0	5:56	5:59
11	12.0	5:56	5:59
12	12.0	5:57	6:00
13	12.0	5:57	6:00
14	12.0	5:58	6:00
15	12.0	5:58	6:01
16	12.0	5:58	6:01
17	12.0	5:59	6:02
18	12.0	5:59	6:02
19	12.0	6:00	6:03
20	12.0	6:00	6:03
21	12.0	6:01	6:04
22	12.0	6:01	6:04
23	12.0	6:02	6:05
24	12.0	6:02	6:05
25	12.0	6:03	6:06
26	12.0	6:03	6:06
27	12.0	6:04	6:07
28	12.0	6:04	6:07
29	12.0	6:05	6:07
30	12.0	6:05	6:08
31	12.0	6:05	6:08

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 4.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Manokwari?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Manokwari.

What to pack for Manokwari in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Manokwari sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Manokwari in December

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in October at about 30°C and coldest in February near 29°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	30	Tropical
Nov	30	Tropical
Dec	30	Tropical

UV index in Manokwari in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Manokwari peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	16	13	12	11	13	14	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Manokwari?

Manokwari sits at 0.9°S, 134.1°E, 15 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Ransiki, 73 km away.

Topography around Manokwari

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Manokwari.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manokwari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,912 m.

The land around Manokwari is covered by trees (50%), water (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km

209 m

trees 50%

16 km

418 m

water 59%

80 km

2,912 m

water 55%

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← November Manokwari year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Ransiki 73 km · Bintuni 151 km · Biak 227 km · Teminabuan 237 km · Fakfak 302 km · Sorong 312 km · Nabire 320 km · Waisai 402 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,060; 2025
Happiness: 5.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.3; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 11.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 471
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Manokwari (-0.8629°, 134.064°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26
31	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	91
3	91
4	92
5	92
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	92
24	92
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26
31	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	91
3	91
4	92
5	92
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	92
24	92
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	27	26
22	27	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26
31	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	91
3	91
4	92
5	92
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	95
14	95
15	95
16	94
17	94
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	92
24	92
25	91
26	91
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	88
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10